About this episode

The episode discusses the potential of A.I. to transform Canadian newsrooms, highlighting its opportunities rather than threats.

Canadian newsrooms are hesitant to embrace A.I. but new tools offer the potential to revolutionize workflows and expand the capacity of individual journalists. Rather than a threat to journalism, Kevin Newman joins Julian Abraham to explain why A.I. should be viewed as an opportunity for newsrooms to create new business models and do more in-depth reporting.   Host: Julian Abraham Credits: James Nicholson (Producer), Kallan Lyons (Associate Producer and Fact Checking), Caleb Thompson (Mixing and Mastering), Tristan Capacchione (Senior Production Supervisor), Jesse Brown (Editor) Guest: Kevin Newman Photo: igovar igovar Additional music by Audio Network Students and new-to-audio reporters: Canadaland is launching another year of our Audio Journalism Fellowship!  If you’re a journalism student or audio storyteller looking to gain some invaluable experience, this is a really unique opportunity. Find out more: https://www.labs.canadaland.com/   Further reading:  Journalists pushing AI into newsrooms are practicing terrible journalism - Halifax Examiner The way I briefed myself six months ago is now laughably obsolete - Alex Panetta [Substack] AskLaura.ai - AI…

People in this episode

Host: Julian Abraham

Guest: Kevin Newman

Topics covered

• A.I. in journalism
• Canadian newsrooms
• journalism innovation
• business models
• in-depth reporting

Keywords

• A.I.
• journalism
• Canadian newsrooms
• reporting
• business models
• innovation
• workflow

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CANADALAND, Halifax Examiner, Alex Panetta, ABC, J-Source, Reuters, The Star

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